【Keynote Speech】Multi-modal Transport Optimization: A focus on maritime transportation route selection

【Abstract】Maritime logistics has become dominant in the marine economy. One reason is because ports are an important pillar of marine economic development as the “distribution centers” of maritime transportation in recent years. It is a complex industrial model that integrates transportation, warehousing, freight forwarding, and also is an indispensable part of the marine economy. In this research, a multi-modal combined transport network has been constructed to integrate the relevant information of road transport, railway transport, air transport and maritime transport. Consequently, a multi-modal container transportation route selection method is developed and tested. Transportation node and route prediction is introduced to counteract the limitations of the previous route selection optimization methods based on fixed historical information.

【Biography】Professor Hing Kai Chan is a Professor of Operations Management at the Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He received his BEng(Hons), MSc(Eng) (with distinction), and the PhD degree from the University of Hong Kong. He also earned a BSc degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He worked in the electronic manufacturing industry for over 10 years before joining the academia. Professor Chan has published over 250 academic articles and 9 monographs/edited volumes. His publications appear in Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, various IEEE Transactions, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Production Economics, and International Journal of Production Research, among others. He has been the co-editor of Industrial Management & Data Systems since 2014 and is an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review since 2018. He was the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics from 2009 to 2015, and the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics from 2014 to 2017. Professor Chan also serves as an Editorial Board Member (or similar) in a number of journals such as the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Business & Industrial Management, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, and Online Information Review.